Molasses Whipped Sweet Potatoes
Yield: 2 quarts
Ingredients
3 large sweet potatoes, about 3 pounds
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 teaspoon kosher salt
¼ cup orange juice
½ tablespoon of brown sugar
1 tablespoon of molasses
1 teaspoon of ground cumin
2 tablespoons maple syrup
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Place sweet potatoes on a baking sheet and roast until easily pierced with a fork, about 1 hour.
3. Peel the skin off of the sweet potatoes while still hot.By hand or mixer, smash potatoes until all large chunks are gone. Combine the potatoes, butter, salt, orange juice, brown sugar, ground cumin, molasses and maple syrup in a large bowl. Continue to mix all together until all lumps are gone. Adjust any of the seasonings to your specific tastes. Can be made the day before_________________"I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson

I was happy up until I read the dessert and saw the pairing with "California Champagne". They drank sparkling wine. Unless the bottle was Veuve Clicquot or my personal favorite, Taittinger, they did not have champagne. Now I will step off my soap box and enjoy the rest of inauguration. _________________Live as if to die tomorrow. Learn as if to live forever.
Mahatma Gandhi

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Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 11:00 pm Post subject:

I agree, there's been an obnoxious ad campaign about California "Champagne" lately. Just because they use a French word doesn not make it more fancy. I do however think it is great that they used American foods, sort of gives one a shot of pride._________________"It's watery....and yet there's a smack of ham."

oh those naughty Swiss _________________"I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson

Joined: 18 Oct 2004Posts: 1654Location: Within view of Elliot Bay, The Olympics and every ship in the Sound

Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 12:23 am Post subject:

I am not sure what the rules are in Oz, but I know it's illegal in the EU. Since we are neither our "clever" marketers have decided to ignore such things. They haven't really noticed that we have learned a thing or two about food and drink over the years.

Ahh. . . out dated marketing ploys. When I was six I thought all British people did was drive around the countryside exchanging jars of mustard._________________"It's watery....and yet there's a smack of ham."

ah Erin, 'n now you realise that some British people drive around the countryside exchanging jars of mustard.

Wait! Is that not countryside Griffin...jar of mustard in hand..._________________"I've never accepted the external appearance of things as the whole truth. The world is much more elaborate than the nerves of our eye can tell us." - James Gleeson

Joined: 18 Oct 2004Posts: 1654Location: Within view of Elliot Bay, The Olympics and every ship in the Sound

Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:56 pm Post subject:

What a marvelous place. If you don't get the kind you want do you just keep driving until you find someone with a jar of Major Grey's to exchange?_________________"It's watery....and yet there's a smack of ham."